The Afghan Taliban claimed credit for the suicide operation at a foreign intelligence site in the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, indicating that it involved five fighters and resulted in dozens of casualties.

The Somalia-based al-Qaeda (AQ) branch, the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement, reported the surrender of ten Somali soldiers in different parts of the country, and claimed taking control over a town in neighboring Kenya after enemy forces allegedly fled from it.

An alleged Ethiopian-Canadian Islamic State (IS/ISIS) fighter was captured by Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Deir al-Zour, following recent reports of other Westerner IS members arrested in the area.